Maidstone Innovation Centre Joins UKSPA
Maidstone Innovation Centre (MIC), Maidstone’s newest high-spec business destination is now part of the prestigious UK Science Park Association (UKSPA) network thanks to joint membership via Kent Medical Campus. The MIC, which is scheduled to open later this year, is…
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Innovative Funding Grants Set To Boost Kent And Medway Area Now Open
Applications are open for research and development grants worth up to £250,000 to support innovation for horticultural food and drink-based businesses operating in the Kent and Medway area. The collaborative R&D grants, made available by Growing Kent & Medway, will…
Sigma Launches New £2.5m Retail Assets Framework
Contractors are on alert after Sigma, a true end-to-end solutions provider, and a leading expert at transforming commercial spaces, launched an exciting new regional retail assets framework potentially worth up to £2.5m. The framework is now open for tender and…
Kent Based Digital Health Services Company To Create 50 Jobs
Cloud21, part of the Austrian group x-tention, has announced that it will be creating 50 jobs to support growing client base. Cloud21, which works with NHS bodies, specialises in services that support the adoption of digital health technology across health…
How To Network When You Don’t Like People
Not a people person? Prefer animals to folks? Does the prospect of networking leave you cold? You’re not alone. A study by Harvard academics found that networking made some people feel dirty with an aching desire to brush their teeth!…
Kent’s HV Wooding Teams Up With Nuclear AMRC To Target £1m Electrification Boost
Development of a new powder coating process for parts destined for electric vehicles is set to deliver a £1m boost for a Kent-based manufacturer. HV Wooding, which specialises in providing precision engineered metal components for the automotive and aerospace sectors,…
New Grants Announced To Innovate Horticultural Food And Drink Industry
Growing Kent & Medway has announced £3million in R&D grants for projects that support inclusive economic growth and environmentally sustainable practices and innovations. Funding grants of up to £250,000 will be made available to assist projects that aim to develop…
Maidstone Innovation Centre Announces Newest Tenants
Maidstone Innovation Centre (MIC), the borough’s state-of-the-art flexible mixed use office building, continues to attract the attention of the business world as it signs up its latest two tenants. The MIC, which features world-first technology, top of the range specification…
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Greenclub Switched On To London Golf Club’s Energy Ambition
GreenClub is ready to help London Golf Club make some capital gains on its energy strategy to achieve its ambition of becoming carbon neutral. The stunning 36-hole Kent venue, which boasts two supreme Jack Nicklaus-designed courses – The Heritage and…
Local Producers and Crafts Market launching in Maidstone
Maidstone Market is to get a boost once a month with a new Local Producers and Craft Market which launches this Saturday 12 June. The new market will be run in the current market hall at Lockmeadow and will specialise…
MBC’s Business Terrace Celebrates Workplace Wellbeing Award
Maidstone Borough Council’s (MBC’s) flexible workspace, The Business Terrace, has achieved the Kent & Medway Healthy Workplace programme bronze award and is urging other Maidstone business to join a virtual event to find out how they can do the same.…
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Chamber Keeps Virtual Networking Events
Virtual networking events run by Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce have proved so popular with attendees that the organisation has agreed to continue hosting the monthly sessions, even as lockdown restrictions ease and increased contact becomes possible. The new series of free monthly networking sessions will again be sponsored by law firm Furley Page. Each session offers a mix of virtual networking, digital…
Kent Fruit Specialist Cultivates Growth Plans With HSBC UK Support
Leading Kent fruit growing and processing specialist, Fourayes, has secured a six-figure HSBC UK Equipment Finance facility to support the purchase of innovative new peeling, coring and seed-celling machinery for processing English Bramley apples. The UK’s number one grower and…
£2.9M Further Grant For Business In Maidstone
Maidstone businesses that have suffered a significant reduction in income due to Covid and do not qualify for other financial support will be able to apply for a share of £2.9m discretionary government grant, which is open for applications until…
HSBC UK Launches £200M SME Fund To Support Businesses In Kent
HSBC UK has today launched a £200 million fund for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kent, part of a broader £15 billion lending fund to support SMEs across the UK, as part of its commitment to help British businesses…
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Free Brexit Advice For Kent Businesses
Kent County Council’s Trading Standards Officers are offering free specialist advice to local firms needing help to do business with the EU. The move to provide no-cost regulatory guidance to businesses via a dedicated advice line on 03333 602300 has…
Maidstone Businessman Transforms From Solopreneur To Thriving Team Amidst Pandemic
A Maidstone businessman has defied the challenges of lockdown to go from solopreneur to moving into his first office and recruiting his fifth team member in just two months after taking an office on Maidstone Borough Council’s (MBC) Business Terrace.…
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Rochester Apprentice Encourages Others To Pursue Their Career Through An Amazon Apprenticeship
An apprentice from Rochester is calling on local people and his fellow colleagues to pursue the career they have always wanted by applying now for one of over 1,000 new full-time Amazon apprenticeships available. Recruitment has started for 25 different…
FOUR KENT COMPANIES IN FINAL FOR NATIONAL BUSINESS AWARD
The Rural Business Awards, supported by Amazon, is the only UK-wide programme dedicated to showcasing the success of rural businesses. Kent’s businesses prepare for first ever virtual national final in first ever virtual event. Four Kent businesses are preparing to…
New Business Network and Support Launched To Boost Green Economy
A new green business mapping and pilot support programme has been launched for the South East. The Clean Growth South East programme is led by Kent County Council, with funding secured from the South East Local Enterprise Partnership’s Sector Support…
